Convertible footwear

Abstract

A receptacle residing within a recess in the sole of a shoe includes an opening located along the edge of the shoe. A lug, receivable through the opening within the receptacle is carried by a flap extending from the upper of the shoe. An indentation carried by the lug is matingly engageable with a protrusion residing within the receptacle. Pressure from the foot of the wearer upon the sole of the shoe prevents disengagement of the lug from the receptacle.

I claim: 
     
       1. A clasp for detachably securing a first member to a second member, said clasp comprising: (a) a female element couplable to said first member and including (i) an open end,   (ii) a closed end spaced from the open end,   (iii) a pair of spaced apart edgewalls,   (iv) a first sidewall integral with said pair of edgewalls, and   (v) a second sidewall having a first portion integral with said pair of edgewalls along a length thereof adjacent said open end, and   a second portion integrally extending from said first portion toward said closed end and independent said pair of edgewalls, said second portion being biased in a direction toward said first sidewall;       (b) a male element including (i) a first end couplable to said second member, and   (ii) a second end spaced from said first end and receivable through the open end of said female element; and     (c) detent means for selectively and detachably retaining said male element within said female element, said detent means including (i) a first engagement element of an engagement pair carried by one of said sidewalls at a location closer to said closed end than to said open end of said female element, and   (ii) a second engagement element of said engagement pair being complemental to said first engagement element and carried by said male element at a location closer to the second end thereof and to the first end thereof.     
     
     
       2. The clasp of claim 1 in which said first engagement element is carried by said first sidewall. 
     
     
       3. The clasp of claim 1 in which said first engagement element is carried by said second sidewall.